Improvement in head-muffs



l. B. KLEINERT.

Head-Muff.

No, 167,543. P atentedSept.7 ,l875.

-PEI' RS, PHOTO-LITBOGRAPHER. WASMNGTDN, D Cv ISAAC B. KLEINERT, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN HEAD-M UFFS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 167,543 dated September7, 1875; application filed July 21, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ISAAC B. KLEINERT, of New'York city, in the county of New York and in the State of New York, haveinvented cer: tain new and useful Improvements in Throat, Head, and NoseProtectors; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and xact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is aplan view of myimproved protector spread out, and Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the same in position upon the head of a person.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

The design of my invention is to enable the neck, nose, and rear portionof the head of a person to be protected from the cold; and it consists,as a new article of manufacture, in the hereinafter-described protector,constructed in the manner and for the purpose substantially asspecified.

In the annexed drawing, A represents the body of my device, having inplan view the form shown in Fig. 1, so that when placed in position itshall inclose the neck, rear side of the head, and the throat of itswearer, leaving the face above the chin uncovered.

The protector shown is open at its front side, and at such point itsoverlapping edges are provided with button-holes a and a, and two rowsof buttons, B and B, which enable said edges to be secured together, andthe size of said protector to be varied to suit a larger or smallerneck. From its upper edges two elastic bands, 0 and G, extend over thehead and cause its upper portion to maintain its position, and toclosely embrace the head of the wearer. Attached at one end permanentlyto one side of the protector A is a band, D, which extends horizontallyacross upon a line with the lower portion of the nose of the wearer,and, covering the same, is attached by means ot'a button, 61, to theopposite side of said protector. A suitable eyeleted opening, E, formedin and through each side of the protector directly over the ear of thewearer, enables him to hear with nearly the same ease as though saidprotector was removed.

The device is now complete, and affords complete protection from cold tothe parts covered. It is simple in construction, easily applied to orremoved from position, and can be furnished at a cost no greater thanthat of an ordinary knit muffler.

I am aware that the several parts of my de vice are old, and do notclaim the same separately.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, whatI claim is As a new article of manufacture, the hereinbefore describedprotector, consisting of the body A, provided with the buttonholes a anda, and buttons B and B, the elastic bands U and G, the nose-band D d,and the openings E and E, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this15th day of July, 1875.

ISAAC B. KLEINERT.

Witnesses:

GEO. S. PRINDLE, JOHN W. FILLING.

FFICE.

